Azharuddin remains one of the longest serving Indian captains and played 99 Tests and 334 ODIs. He scored 6,216 and 9,378 in the two formats respectively. With 91 ODI wins and 14 Test match wins as captain, his stint as skipper remains one of the most successful periods of Indian cricket history.

However, a match-fixing scandal in 2000 ended this wristy genius' cricketing career after the BCCI banned him for life. In 2012, the Andhra Pradesh High Court lifted the ban.

Azharuddin has transitioned from cricket into politics and was the member of Parliament from Moradabad in the 14th Lok Sabha for the Congress. He lost the 2014 Lok Sabha polls from Tonk-Sawai Madhopur in Rajasthan.

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